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Linux: The definitive guide

GNU/Linux, the definitive guide
I'm considering writing a tutorial about GNU/Linux, which lightly covers ever aspect that is deserving. I've also considered making it an Open Content Document, but that depends mostly on how popular it gets when I ever get around to writing it. Mostly, I'm doing this because I want to, and because I think I could learn a whole lot more about linux by writing a tutorial about it. Its going to be huge.

What I'm asking for here is some creative input on what I currently have. Additions, changes, if somethings not neccessary, if I've overlooked somethign very important that would need to be included in any such document, etc. I have no idea what the title will be, but thats not important at this point in time.

edit: 2006-01-18 changed a few things. It's also important to note that I'm not intending to add any sort of historical informations in the guide, to keep it focused on specificly how to use GNU/Linux.

Packages: What about RPMS?
You could put something in about the 2.2 series kernel

I'd be careful about the Notable Applications, it all depends on what each user think is important.

which is why I intend to throw in every popular application that I can think of which doesn't require too much knowledge to be able to operate that could benefit a newbie. That said, they will probably all be GUI apps. GIMP doesn't exactly have an intuitive GUI, but its in for obvious reasons.

I'll update the first post with the 2.2 series kernel, thats a good point. And maybe a section called "RPM Hell" ;-)
Just kidding, yes, RPMs should be in there too.

I think you can build up this guide better if you use a lot of links instead of writing your own.

For a start we do have a fairly good library of quality information here though some may be benefited from an update. It would be ideal if your effort is complementary or an integration of what we have got here rather than an alternative.

I think you can build up this guide better if you use a lot of links instead of writing your own.

For a start we do have a fairly good library of quality information here though some may be benefited from an update. It would be ideal if your effort is complementary or an integration of what we have got here rather than an alternative.

Even the first 2 lines had me shaking my head....you got it backwards.
Open Source may be GNU's best achievement, though whether that's true or not is a theological debate. But make sure you get the chronology and the fact there are multiple Religions straight..In the beginning, there was GNU, and it was good. Everything else came after.
Read what stallman says about GNU...even though linux came out and beat hurd (or mach or whatever) all to hell, he's still the originator of ALL this because without the GPL there would be no "Linux".

Even the first 2 lines had me shaking my head....you got it backwards.
Open Source may be GNU's best achievement, though whether that's true or not is a theological debate. But make sure you get the chronology and the fact there are multiple Religions straight..In the beginning, there was GNU, and it was good. Everything else came after.
Read what stallman says about GNU...even though linux came out and beat hurd (or mach or whatever) all to hell, he's still the originator of ALL this because without the GPL there would be no "Linux".

you don't need a license to call a program open source. people were contributing code back before any of that. anyway, I was just trying to boast a little.

No, but Open Source was a term originated years later by Perens et.al. to put a more business-friendly face on GNU/Linux.

I'm sure you're right. I'm not up to speed with the history of Open Source and Linux, I just kow that I love Open Source and I'm pretty damn good behind a keyboard :-)

...even if I ask questions in forums every now and then ;-)

edit:

maybe instead of "GNU/Linux, Open Source's Greatest Avhievement", something better would be "GNU/Linux, Open Source's Left Hand" or somethign to the effect that Linux and Open Source go "hand in hand" so to say.